JD Hassel (He/Him)
@jandavidhassel.bsky.social
Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for
Electronic Arts Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment;
Worked on games you've heard of and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
Senior Game Designer for
Electronic Arts Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment;
Worked on games you've heard of and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
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JD’s Game Jobs Search Resources
JD’s Game Jobs Search Resources The purpose of this document is to collect useful links for video game job searchers. If you have any feedback, additions or corrections please contact me on LinkedIn o...
docs.google.com
Since I got a couple of new followers I want to share this doc with game job search resources again that I'm maintaining.
Just in case anyone is looking rn.
Please share this around and let me know if you have any additions or feedback!
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#GameJobs #GameDevJobs
Just in case anyone is looking rn.
Please share this around and let me know if you have any additions or feedback!
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
#GameJobs #GameDevJobs
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Did you know the first accessibility feature in games was basically… pausing? Still one of the most used features today.
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Did you know the first accessibility feature in games was basically… pausing? Still one of the most used features today.
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Looking for money for your game dev project in Germany 👀
The DLR & BMFTR 🚀 still have something to offer for you.
Attached status of the current "Bundesförderung"s pool 💶
The DLR & BMFTR 🚀 still have something to offer for you.
Attached status of the current "Bundesförderung"s pool 💶
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Looking for money for your game dev project in Germany 👀
The DLR & BMFTR 🚀 still have something to offer for you.
Attached status of the current "Bundesförderung"s pool 💶
The DLR & BMFTR 🚀 still have something to offer for you.
Attached status of the current "Bundesförderung"s pool 💶
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Holy... I've just hit 8k Bsky Followers! That's really quite astounding to me, this is now the biggest platform I've had anywhere online - thank you so much to everyone who has come along for the ride, and I've lots of really fun stuff lined up and coming out of NDA in 2026 🥳
Cheers! 🍻
Cheers! 🍻
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Holy... I've just hit 8k Bsky Followers! That's really quite astounding to me, this is now the biggest platform I've had anywhere online - thank you so much to everyone who has come along for the ride, and I've lots of really fun stuff lined up and coming out of NDA in 2026 🥳
Cheers! 🍻
Cheers! 🍻
Need to make better pictures but current progress on
💀NIGHT LORDS🦇
Nemesis Claw, 3 Raptors Squads, Warp Talons, Haarken Worldclaimer, Chaos Lord with jump pack
#WarhammerCommunity
💀NIGHT LORDS🦇
Nemesis Claw, 3 Raptors Squads, Warp Talons, Haarken Worldclaimer, Chaos Lord with jump pack
#WarhammerCommunity
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Need to make better pictures but current progress on
💀NIGHT LORDS🦇
Nemesis Claw, 3 Raptors Squads, Warp Talons, Haarken Worldclaimer, Chaos Lord with jump pack
#WarhammerCommunity
💀NIGHT LORDS🦇
Nemesis Claw, 3 Raptors Squads, Warp Talons, Haarken Worldclaimer, Chaos Lord with jump pack
#WarhammerCommunity
Battlefield 6 Season 1 Free Trial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllG...
Battlefield 6 | Free Trial Week
YouTube video by Battlefield
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Battlefield 6 Season 1 Free Trial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllG...
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Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
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25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
Turbulent times: A snapshot of the German #gamesindustry. #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevjobs #layoffs #jobsearch #startups #gamefunding #Computerspieleförderung igmonline.de/story/igm-13...
Stürmische Zeiten: Die deutsche Games-Branche – eine Momentaufnahme
Keine Frage: Die allgemeine Krise der Games-Branche betrifft auch die hiesige Spieleproduktion. Studios werden geschlossen, Jobs gehen verloren, das Fahrwasser für die aktiven Studios wird rauer. Von ...
igmonline.de
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
Turbulent times: A snapshot of the German #gamesindustry. #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevjobs #layoffs #jobsearch #startups #gamefunding #Computerspieleförderung igmonline.de/story/igm-13...
Stürmische Zeiten: Die deutsche Games-Branche – eine Momentaufnahme
Keine Frage: Die allgemeine Krise der Games-Branche betrifft auch die hiesige Spieleproduktion. Studios werden geschlossen, Jobs gehen verloren, das Fahrwasser für die aktiven Studios wird rauer. Von ...
igmonline.de
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
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Seeing this Jes Goodwin chaos marine concept art made me go "daaaamn" so hard I immediately wanna pick up my pen and paper.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Seeing this Jes Goodwin chaos marine concept art made me go "daaaamn" so hard I immediately wanna pick up my pen and paper.
Got a classic painted mini of the galaxy's most notorious draft dodger Lufgt Huron Blackheart - just in case he stays legal before getting a new mini.
#Badab #WarhammerCommunity
#Badab #WarhammerCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Got a classic painted mini of the galaxy's most notorious draft dodger Lufgt Huron Blackheart - just in case he stays legal before getting a new mini.
#Badab #WarhammerCommunity
#Badab #WarhammerCommunity
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Content - Battlefield 6 produced the highest single month US physical & digital full game tracked dollar sales total in 3 years. The last title to generate a larger full game tracked dollar sales total in a single month was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in October 2022.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Content - Battlefield 6 produced the highest single month US physical & digital full game tracked dollar sales total in 3 years. The last title to generate a larger full game tracked dollar sales total in a single month was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in October 2022.
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Content - Battlefield 6 launched as the best-selling game in franchise history, with its October 2025 volume surpassing the lifetime sales total of the previous record holder, Battlefield 1.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Content - Battlefield 6 launched as the best-selling game in franchise history, with its October 2025 volume surpassing the lifetime sales total of the previous record holder, Battlefield 1.
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2025 Year-to-Date Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content)
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
2025 Year-to-Date Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content)
The dwarves have given us a mighty gift.
The Ghal Maraz - the Splitter of Skulls.
The Ghal Maraz - the Splitter of Skulls.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The dwarves have given us a mighty gift.
The Ghal Maraz - the Splitter of Skulls.
The Ghal Maraz - the Splitter of Skulls.
John Blanche Warhammer is high art now.
‘Harry The Hammer’ original artwork goes up for auction with an £300,000-400,000 estimate.
www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/11/harr...
‘Harry The Hammer’ original artwork goes up for auction with an £300,000-400,000 estimate.
www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/11/harr...
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
John Blanche Warhammer is high art now.
‘Harry The Hammer’ original artwork goes up for auction with an £300,000-400,000 estimate.
www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/11/harr...
‘Harry The Hammer’ original artwork goes up for auction with an £300,000-400,000 estimate.
www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/11/harr...
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Circana Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Nov 8, 2025
- Peak returns to Steam top 5 across US, CAN and MEX with The Roots update
- Arc Raiders climbs into top 15 on console, reaches 2nd on Steam US
- Dispatch climbs into Steam US top 10
- Peak returns to Steam top 5 across US, CAN and MEX with The Roots update
- Arc Raiders climbs into top 15 on console, reaches 2nd on Steam US
- Dispatch climbs into Steam US top 10
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Circana Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Nov 8, 2025
- Peak returns to Steam top 5 across US, CAN and MEX with The Roots update
- Arc Raiders climbs into top 15 on console, reaches 2nd on Steam US
- Dispatch climbs into Steam US top 10
- Peak returns to Steam top 5 across US, CAN and MEX with The Roots update
- Arc Raiders climbs into top 15 on console, reaches 2nd on Steam US
- Dispatch climbs into Steam US top 10
So yeah Dispatch is great. Also really enjoying Void War right now. Which is really just FTL in off brand Warhammer 40k.
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
So yeah Dispatch is great. Also really enjoying Void War right now. Which is really just FTL in off brand Warhammer 40k.
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At this pace, if Dispatch has just 96 more content drops more than 100% of players will be playing Dispatch.
If they make 200 more episodes, we're talking like 204% more players than there are players!
Only answer is MOAR EPISODES OF DISPATCH
If they make 200 more episodes, we're talking like 204% more players than there are players!
Only answer is MOAR EPISODES OF DISPATCH
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At this pace, if Dispatch has just 96 more content drops more than 100% of players will be playing Dispatch.
If they make 200 more episodes, we're talking like 204% more players than there are players!
Only answer is MOAR EPISODES OF DISPATCH
If they make 200 more episodes, we're talking like 204% more players than there are players!
Only answer is MOAR EPISODES OF DISPATCH
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Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
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Figures in action! Honestly, these kinds of character pieces are often pretty challenging, but when they come together it's really enjoyable 😀
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Figures in action! Honestly, these kinds of character pieces are often pretty challenging, but when they come together it's really enjoyable 😀
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Various paintings from the 40k ttrpg Imperium Maledictum
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Various paintings from the 40k ttrpg Imperium Maledictum
Not much of a Nurgle guy but I got a running Chaos Daemon Beastman conversion project and with this Pestigor double feature that is the Plaguebearers sorted.
#WarhammerCommunity
#WarhammerCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not much of a Nurgle guy but I got a running Chaos Daemon Beastman conversion project and with this Pestigor double feature that is the Plaguebearers sorted.
#WarhammerCommunity
#WarhammerCommunity
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BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
tfw dun dun dun dun dun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDq...
Battlefield REDSEC Official Live-Action Trailer
YouTube video by Battlefield
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
tfw dun dun dun dun dun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDq...
My Nightlords characters got lost in the warp.
Waited a long time for these guys.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
If you see anyone else rocking these with the gold trim let me know. I just want to talk.
Waited a long time for these guys.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
If you see anyone else rocking these with the gold trim let me know. I just want to talk.
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My Nightlords characters got lost in the warp.
Waited a long time for these guys.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
If you see anyone else rocking these with the gold trim let me know. I just want to talk.
Waited a long time for these guys.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
If you see anyone else rocking these with the gold trim let me know. I just want to talk.